Heavy torrential rains in West Africa have caused flooding in several cities and affected over 350,000 people.
In Burkina Faso, this is the worst flooding in 40 years. Burkina Faso is the last country that suffered the impact of these torrential rains that flooded the capital, Ouagadougou, in a few hours. About 110,000 inhabitants of this [...]

The swine is in the news these days thanks to the swine flu which is spreading fast globally across various countries. The Swine flu getting attention in developed countries is understandable.  Not many killer diseases or killing living conditions stalk people there. But it getting attention in developing nations and even under developed countries is [...]

Many people were killed and hundreds injured in various deadly bomb explosions which rocked Baghdad today. The coordinated mortar fire and car bomb attacks were mainly targeted at all official government buildings including the most deadly one near Foreign Ministry. Sunni extremists are suspected to be responsible for these attacks.
The attacks have happened just a [...]

Swine flu cases are increasing rapidly in Indian cities. Six people have succumbed to the H1N1 flu including a four year old boy in southern city of Chennai. Almost in all metros there are confirmed cases of swine flu and health authorities are trying hard to control the spread of the virus by creating awareness [...]

Islamic militants have struck at three places in northern Nigeria and nearly 150 people have been killed in this widespread violence which has rocked Nigeria for last couple of days.
Maiduguri, Borno State is worst hit. These Islamic militants are followers of the preacher Mohammed Yusuf who is opposed to western education. They have been attacking [...]

An official report recommends for the U.S. military to review the conditions of detention in the U.S. prison at Bagram in Afghanistan so as to prevent abuses. Bagram prison, located in the air base of the same name, north of Kabul, houses some 600 detainees suspected of terrorism. Regarded as enemy combatants by the US, [...]

China is observed to be suffering from amnesia regarding the massacre that occurred at Beijing’s Tiananmen Square 20 years ago. Some attribute this to state-enforced erasure of collective memory. The communist regime in China ‘tolerates no mention of the massacre.’
On June 3 and 4, 1989, students and mostly Chinese elite and intellectuals filled the tragic square with a [...]

Health authorities in the Mexican capital, the most affected place in the country from the outbreak of the Influenza A (H1N1) virus, have lowered the health crisis alert on the virus, from high to medium alert. Because of this, sports stadiums, cinemas, bars, and restaurants were reopened, but still employing preventive measures.
A partial economic shutdown [...]

The outbreak of Influenza A (H1N1), formerly known as swine flu, that has triggered fears of a pandemic on the world stage is in decline in Mexico, said the country’s Health Secretary Jose Angel Cordova. “The evolution of the epidemic is now in its declining phase. The national peak occurred in recent days, between 23 [...]

The latest number of Influenza A (H1N1) cases confirmed by the World Health Organization (WHO) nearly doubled in the last 24 hours, increasing to 615 cases in fifteen countries, with 17 deaths.
Mexico has reported 397 confirmed cases of human infection caused by the new influenza virus, along with 16 deaths. The increase of 241 cases [...]